Andrea Lawrence double checks her bible while working on a big sign. Kountze cheerleaders, friends and supportive parents who are standing up for their kids and their beliefs, were making signs and painting car windows Wednesday afternoon that will be seen around Kountze in support of the cheerleaders who were told they could not put scripture on their football signs. Each game this season, the Kountze cheerleaders have made Christian-themed run-through signs for the football players. The signs, which featured scripture verses, went viral and have now been stopped by the school district's leaders who were told by a group the signs were offensive and against the separation of church and state. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Andrea Lawrence double checks her bible while working on a big...

From left to right; Rebekah Richardson, 17, Savannah Short, 14, Ashton Lawrence, 16, Kieara Moffett, 16, and Macy Matthews, 15, chat at the Richardson household on Wednesday, November, 13, 2012. The Kountze cheerleaders have grown significantly closer with everything they have worked through over the past two months.
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From left to right; Rebekah Richardson, 17, Savannah Short, 14,...

Kountze cheerleaders from left, Savannah Short, Macy Matthews, Kieara Moffett and Rebekah Richardson take questions from local and state media Wednesday at a Beaumont lawfirm. Hardin County's Judge Steve Thomas ruled earlier that day in favor of the girls using religious statements on banners at school functions.
Photo taken Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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Kountze cheerleaders from left, Savannah Short, Macy Matthews,...

Kountze football player #6 Jamazdon Powell carries a flag as the team comes into the stadium. This was the first home football game in Kountze since the sign controversy started and since the Thursday hearing that determined the cheerleaders could or could not use their faith-based signs. Dave Ryan/The Enterprise

Kountze football player #6 Jamazdon Powell carries a flag as the...

After a judge granted a temporary restraining order in the Kountze cheerleader case, the cheerleaders of Kountze Middle School used their faith-based signs at the middle school football game held at Kountze High School on Thursday, September 20, 2012.
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